Wednesday, 25 June 2008

Heady Politics

Most companies have just one CEO. Wipro recently appointed two. Wipro is a multi billion dollar multi national corporation. I work for this small, just out of the cottage industry category, 20 labourer sized internet company that now has two heads. An old head and a new head literally and metaphorically. So, there's the founder/previous MD with ideas of his own and also a senior industry expert/new MD also with ideas of his own. The objective is to behave like siamese twins conjoined at the head and nourish the body together i.e. the company. Unfortunately, the concept of the conjoined twins is at this point in time very hard to follow as both seem to be at loggerheads with each other at all times. The situation looms ahead of me like a famished hammerhead lurking in gloomy waters.

The new head wants power, respect, a territory of his own and also his own subjects that he can rule over. The old head has power, respect, a territory of his own and also all the subjects are his to rule over and he is not even a little inclined towards relinquishing control over his headstay. Yet, the old head needs the new head to give him heady advise on how to take the company forward to head the industry. So, the new head and the old head meet together regularly to put their heads together in order to achieve the concept of the siamese twins. The old head talks and the new head refuses to agree which makes the old head stubborn against assimilating the ideas of the new head. Both the heads bang their heads against the wall and plead for a third opinion. I try to make peace while maintaining my originality. I decide to take the safe route out by agreeing 50-50 with both heads giving myself a massive headache while trying to keep my head on my shoulders. Both heads having agreed to disagree give me the heads up for their respective projects. Sigh. I take up the tasks heads on and wish they'd leave me alone and go practice a couple of headstands instead.

PS - Just realised how difficult it must to be one of a conjoined twins. What if one wants to go left while the other wants to go right. What if one wants to watch TV while the other wants to take a walk? What if one wants to pee while the other well doesn't want to pee. What if one wants to dance to loud music while the other has a headache? Cooperation and compromise...the key to any 'hedonic' relationship!

Labels: Crap, head, office politics, rant

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